Tyngsborough High School
March 16, 2018
What's Happening!
Congratulations to the THS theater program, which recently competed in the METG Festival, on making it to the semi-final round. They are right back to work preparing for the main stage performance later this spring.
Over the last two weeks, Girls and Boys basketball both competed in the Central Mass sectional basketball tournament. The boys came up short in the semifinals falling to Blackstone-Millville 40-37. The girls had an outstanding tournament finishing as the sectional runner up to Sutton by a score of 45-42. Congratulations to both teams on great seasons. Spring Sports kick off Monday, March 19th. Please see below for more information.
Have a great weekend!
Important Dates
03/19 - Spring Sports Begin
03/21 - Report Cards
03/22 - Winter Sports Awards Night
03/23 - Course Selection Sheets Due
03/27-03/29 - ELA MCAS03/28 - Naviance Introduction & College Admissions Seminar for Junior Students & Parents
03/30 - No School
Students of the Month
Emily Campbell
Sydney McCarty
Nicholas Miceli
Samantha Roberts
A message from Dr. Flanagan
SNOW DAY USAGE UPDATE
I would like to take this opportunity to verify our current school calendar with respect to storm day usage. Though this may be premature given the long range forecast for next week, I believe it is important to clearly identify where we are so that we can all plan accordingly.
As you know, each year when the school calendar is developed, we build in an additional five days for the purpose of accounting for potential school cancellations. Currently, we have used nine cancellation days, pushing our last day of school out to Tuesday, June 26th.
No public school district can extend the school year into July, due to the inability to expend funds appropriated in one fiscal year into the next. Some districts currently have Friday, June 29th as their last school day, with no ability to cancel school for any reason, without a plan to make up days. These districts need to create a “safety net” in the event that they need to cancel at some point between now and the last day of school. As such, they are beginning discussions about eliminating Good Friday as a day off or about using one or two days of April Vacation to make up for already cancelled school days.
This is not the case for us. At this time, we do not need to consider the Good Friday / April Vacation option, unless we are forced to cancel school three more times in the next few weeks. Please know, should it become necessary to cancel school again we will continue to add days on to June 26th.
I appreciate that people are frustrated with the snow and that some may desire options on how to better handle storm days in the future. In an effort to better understand the problem, I looked at the trend of our last five years of school cancellations:
2014 – 4 Cancellations
2015 – 4 Cancellations
2016 – 3 Cancellations
2017 – 5 Cancellations
2018 – 9 Cancellations
Clearly, this year is an anomaly and not a trend. Moving forward, we will continue to develop our school calendar with five (5) snow / emergency days.
I hope this email helps clarify things. Thank you again for your patience and flexibility.
Thanks,
Dr. Flanagan
School Counseling
Junior Parents/Guardians:
On Wednesday, March 28th at 6:30 p.m. the school counseling department will be hosting a Naviance Introduction and College Admissions Seminar in the THS auditorium. Junior students and parents are encouraged to attend.
Tyngsborough High School will be hosting the SAT's on May 5th (registration deadline 4/6) and June 2nd (registration deadlines 5/3). Registration information is available at: www.collegeboard.org. Juniors are encouraged to register for either the May or June exam. Space is limited and spots are starting to fill up.
Program of Studies
The 2018-2019 Program of Studies is now available on the school counseling website. Grade 8 students received their course selection sheets on Thursday, March 15th with a due date of Thursday, March 22nd. Students in grades 9-11 will receive their course selection sheets on Monday, March 19th with a due date of Friday, March 23rd. Students in grades 9-11 have been assigned a time to meet individually with their school counselor regarding course selection which will take place from 4/2 - 4/10.
Healthcare Career Expo
Southern New Hampshire Health (SNHH) is proud to announce the 2018 Healthcare Career Expo! This event is designed to give local high school students the opportunity to gather information about various healthcare careers at SNHH - in areas such as nursing, radiology, clinical IT, physical rehabilitation, physicians and more. SNHH healthcare professionals at the Expo look forward to answering students’ questions and giving healthcare equipment demonstrations. Please email Julie.King2@snhhs.org if you have any questions.
Healthcare Career Expo @ SNHH
Tuesday, March 20th – 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
10 Prospect Street, Ground Floor
Conference Rooms A/B/C/D
Senior Parents/Guardians:
Scholarships are continuing to arrive in the Student Services office and are posted on Naviance as well. Please encourage your child to review these posting and apply for scholarships.
Make sure to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application if you have not already done so. This application can be found at fafsa.gov. The FAFSA is the most important application in the financial aid process. All colleges and universities will require the FAFSA before determining a financial aid award. Colleges may also require students to complete a CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE (profileonline.collegeboard.org) and/or a college specific financial aid application. It is important to be aware of each college's financial aid deadlines - missing deadlines could result in missing out on financial aid. For more information on the financial aid process please visit mefa.org.
Open to all Sophomores and Theater Students
Athletics
Spring Sports
Due to the success of our winter sports teams and recent storms, Spring Sports Parent Night was unable to take place. Spring Sports Parents please go over the Spring sports powerpoint with your athlete this weekend. Please click here for the presentation.
Be sure that your athlete is registered through parent portal and that they have an updated physical in the nurse's office. Online registration and updated physical need to be completed before your athlete can try out on Monday 3/19. Any questions please email Ann.Palumbo@tyngsboroughps.org or the athletic office at 978-649-4210.
Let us all cross our fingers in hopes of having warm weather over the next couple days for the snow to melt so that our teams can get outside as soon as possible.
WINTER SPORTS AWARD NIGHT
For all athletes that play a high school sport only, will take place on: Thursday, March 22nd at 7:00pm in the High School Auditorium.
FIRST DAY OF SPRING PRACTICE FOR ALL HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES: Monday, March 19th after school
Follow us on Twitter @tyngtigersports
Residents wanted for participation on the Tyngsborough Master Planning Committee
- Reason for Interest in the Committee
- Relevant Experience
- Past Service to Tyngsborough
- Professional Background
- Any Additional information
Thank you for your support.
Important Dates for Senior Parents
05/23 - Senior Awards Night 7:00pm - Kelleher Gymnasium
05/25 - Pre-Prom 5:30 - TES Cafeteria
05/29-06/01 - Class of 2018 Senior Week
06/01 - Graduation 7:00pm - Kelleher GymnasiumGrad Night Comedy Night
Student Travel
Costa Rica tour number : 2035176SP
Greece tour number: 2035187HU
For more information on the trips please visit:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw6EtyvCgJjrVWFST25xMkVEWUU/view?usp=sharing
Tyngsborough High School
Email: jeffrey.ogden@tyngsboroughps.org
Website: ths.tyngsboroughps.org
Location: 36 Norris Road, Tyngsborough, MA, USA
Phone: 978-649-7571
Facebook: facebook.com/tyngsboroughhigschool
Twitter: @tynghigprin